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Churchill was looking at a large group of officers in the navy, his face pale and speechless. Just now, a depressing news came, which made everyone, who was not sad or happy, immediately shrouded in a dark cloud.

"Isn't the disguise already arranged? Yes? Didn't you arrange a disguise? Churchill looked at a vice admiral and clenched his fists hatefully and asked loudly.

"This time the Germans were targeting Portsmouth...... We've coped with it...... But......" The lieutenant general looked aggrieved and opened his mouth to explain to himself.

He didn't deliberately let Portsmouth be bombed by the Germans, and he can't be blamed for it.

In order to protect this military port, there is also the dock in the military port, and even the warships that are still on the dock - he applied for all kinds of weapons and equipment.

But the result? What does the result look like? In addition to approving some equipment such as camouflage nets, he only got 2 anti-aircraft guns!

You read that right! It's two! That's a desperate number! One of his dignified military ports, from the beginning of the war to the present, has only been replenished with two more anti-aircraft guns!

It's a shame to say it! What's more, Portsmouth is not an ordinary military port! It is a very important industrial military port of the British Royal Navy!

How important is it? There is a dock here that can be converted into a battleship of this class, and there are workers and machinery for converting battleships!

On top of that, there is a battleship being converted in the dockyard - the Queen Elizabeth!

It was inevitable that the modernization of the Queen Elizabeth began on August 6, 1937, and was not completed until October 1940.

And this time, the Queen Elizabeth was converted into a flagship, and the main modification project included a new type of boiler and host equipment, and a new chimney......

Then there is to increase the elevation angle of the main gun to increase the firing range; strengthening of horizontal armor; Reconstruction of a large box-shaped bridge.

In the middle of the hull, seaplane hangars, catapults, and other aviation facilities were set up, and the 6-inch secondary guns on both sides of the hull were removed, and a new type of high-level dual-purpose guns was added.

Listen to these improvements, which are simply tearing down half of a battleship, redecorating it and building the other half.

In the original historical time and space, the battleship Queen Elizabeth was miraculously refitted in October 1940 and returned to the British Navy.

But in this historical time and space, Li Le, who remembered this history, could not let this battleship just run away from his own eyes.

In the air raid in early August, the German bomber force concentrated its forces, raided the port of Portsmouth, and successfully hit the Queen Elizabeth, which was seriously damaged and could not leave the port.

However, as of yesterday, the stubborn battleship was still floating in Portsmouth harbor and had not really sunk.

However, in September, German bombers raided the port of Portsmouth again, blowing up not only the dockyard there, but also all kinds of machinery and equipment on the shore, as well as factories and dormitories.

What made the British side most depressed was that the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which had always been unlucky, was not able to survive this time and was sunk in the harbor.

Because of the depth of the water, it's just sitting and sinking, which is not a big deal. The British were still trying to salvage the battleship so that it could continue the war.

Yesterday, however, German bombers once again stormed the harbor of Portsmouth, bombarding the sunken British battleship.

Finally, after losing a total of 40 aircraft of various types, the Germans successfully paralyzed the port of Portsmouth and completely destroyed the battleship Queen Elizabeth, which was sunk in the harbor.

This can be regarded as another battleship that Britain has sunk, and the current crisis facing the British Navy is really enough......

On the one hand, the Mediterranean Fleet was driven out of their homeland and is now making a difficult breakthrough. Gibraltar's H Fleet, on the other hand, lost the Resolve and was not in a good position.

Of course, there is also a deadly German spy who threatens the safety of the main fleet of the Navy, which is really reassuring.

"Mr. Prime Minister, there is nothing we can do...... In order to increase the density of anti-aircraft guns near London, the air defense forces really do not give other units a way to live......" Another admiral opened his mouth and aimed his guns directly at the air defense department.

In fact, many departments are already dissatisfied with the air defense sector, because the air defense forces have encroached on too many resources, but they cannot take care of the air defense in all places.

Britain was now faced with the dilemma that Germany faced in 1944 - no matter how many anti-aircraft guns there were, it was not enough.

Because of the German bombardment of London, the ground air defense forces had to strengthen the number of anti-aircraft artillery near London.

They did achieve certain results in doing so, and with the help of the secret radar station, they did achieve some results.

But the consequence of the concentration of anti-aircraft artillery in London was that the air defense forces in other places were seriously inadequate, including in many important places.

For example, there are simply not a few anti-aircraft guns on the British defensive positions on the coastline against the German landing.

These defensive positions were frequented by German aircraft, especially Stuka dive bombers, destroying trenches and barbed wire, blowing up pillboxes and machine-gun bunkers.

Helplessly, the British defenders in these defensive positions could only watch as German planes wreaked havoc overhead.

The same thing happened in port cities such as Portsmouth or in industrial cities - the German bombardment was like no one, and the British paid a heavy price.

The more fatal problem was that the British did not have a very good way to bomb the Germans, after all, anti-aircraft guns were not fighters and could not appear in time near the target to be protected......

At this time, the importance of the British fighter unit was revealed, but after several defeats, the fighter unit could no longer compete with Germany for air supremacy in the local battlefield.

"The anti-aircraft artillery unit defending the sky of the capital cannot be moved!" Churchill waved his hand depressedly, he hated it most when the other party brought the topic to the distribution of anti-aircraft guns.

After all, he has to take care of the mood of the people, after all, he has to take into account the influence of public opinion. In short, settling down on his capital is one of his most urgent tasks at present.

Are you kidding? It was not easy for him to get the Germans' planes to drop bombs in London, and at this time you have to remove the anti-aircraft guns? And what about London? The people on the street must not tear me apart?

"Sir! And if we don't add the coastline now, there is also the air defense of important industrial cities...... Our industry, which has already been hit to the point of collapse, will be even more passive......" one officer said anxiously to Churchill.

"I am already urging the industrial sector to produce more anti-aircraft guns! Don't talk about it anymore! Because it's not something I can change easily! Churchill immediately raised his hand and interrupted the conversation.

Obviously, his words did not satisfy several generals. After all, there are too many departments waiting for production, and the production of anti-aircraft guns is not very good, so when will it wait?

There are also some things that people are very concerned about, because of the blockade of the German navy and the collapse of the Mediterranean strategy, Britain has begun to have a serious shortage of supplies.

For example, steel raw materials, such as agricultural products, have begun to be in short supply. It can be subsidized by inventory in a short period of time, but how long can this subsidy be supported over time?

The bombing by German planes destroyed a large number of oil storage facilities in the southeast of Britain, paralyzed transportation, and burned the ripe grain in the fields......

When such materials began to be in short supply, how high the production of anti-aircraft guns was, the fool also knew in his heart, and everyone did not say it, which does not mean that everyone does not know what the situation is now.

If the British were unable to build an escort system to protect their sea lines of communication, the British army and people would have starved to death on their own soil without the Germans attacking.

"Report!" Just when everyone was depressed that the battleship Queen Elizabeth was completely scrapped, an officer knocked on the door of the conference room.

When he walked in, Churchill and his generals finally saw the long-lost hope again. Because the news brought by this officer is too important and too timely.

The officer pulled out a telegram and opened his mouth to report the latest news: "Mr. Prime Minister! Andrew? Brown? General Cunningham has broken through the Maltese blockade, successfully joined up with the H Fleet and is on his way back to Gibraltar! ”

"Beautiful!" A British admiral waved his fist in celebration of the victory.

Another British admiral also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and the very dangerous Mediterranean Fleet finally broke through successfully and returned to a position that could be attacked, retreated, and defended.

When Churchill heard the news, his whole person immediately relaxed, a smile appeared on his face, and he nodded and said: "The Mediterranean Fleet has returned to Gibraltar, and the war has begun to develop in our favor." ”

"Mr. Prime Minister, it is not a good thing that our fleet is concentrated in Gibraltar, if the enemy sneaks up, it will become a very dangerous target!" A British admiral had been advocating the redeployment of the H Fleet to the mainland, followed by a tougher naval blockade of Germany.

His proposal now finally has a basis for action, and one of Gibraltar's two fleets is always a mobile force that can be used flexibly, right?